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Hanging Saddles; For Dragonologist, please no one else
Topic Started: Dec 11 2007, 10:11 PM (1,651 Views)
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Jacob hefted the last of the saddles onto a hook in the wall. Now that Jacob had fled the Empire and lived in Surda near Aberon life was a lot harder. Now Jacob had to do more than play soldier. When he was in the Imperial Army he lived in army barracks and his only care in the world was if he was going to be promoted or not. Now, Jacob had to support himself and it was a lot harder than it seemed. There was food that Jacob had to buy as he had never even planted a daisy and definately could not plant a crop. Jacob also had to take care of the old stable he owned.

The stable was old and decrepit but it paid bills, and now with war, more people than ever were coming. Delegates from all over, conscripts, ect. Also, he had been employed by the Surdan army to repair old saddles and make new ones. Everyday was hard and like today he worked well into the night.

Jacob sighed, all he had to do now was feed and brush the thirteen horses that were currently stabled there. Jacob walked over to the large barrels of oats in the corner and scooped some into a bucket. That was another thing, Jacob had to buy some more oats, the barrels were almost empty. Jacob made quick work of feeding the horses but knew it would take much longer to brush them. Jacob dropped the bucket by the oat barrels and grabbed a brush. Jacob started to walk over to the first horse when he heard a sound at the door.
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She turned toward the stable. For one she needed her saddle repaired and it was the middle of the night. She had been told that this man, Jacob, could help her. Sai had put her new horse in that stable. Now though, she was leaving and her saddle was broken from her last ride across the Empire.

Her slim and muscled body moved swiftly through the shadows to the door. She pushed it open. Her dark leather boots crunched on the hay that had been blown out of the pile. A man looked towards her.

"I was told that you could fix my saddle in a hurry." She said without preamble. She hefted up the torn seat. It had a large tear in it from where and soldier had slashed it with his sword. Her pale, thin fingers gripped the edges of the saddle for a moment before placing it down on the table. Sai's green eyes almost glowed in the darkness as she looked around the stable for her horse. Hers was at the end, a raven black stallion with a tough build. She called him Yeri but she never stayed with one horse too long. She only used them in times of great need of speed, but she preferred her feet.

"And I'll be taking my horse." She added in her eerily hallow sounding voice. She stepped over to him and stroked his nose. "I'll pay you." She turned to look at him, hoping for agreement. I don't have all night she thought irritably. She had to be going, there was no time to waste.
-To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

-I don't have time every morning to put on make-up, I need that time to clean my rifle.

-I've always wanted to cultivate modesty, but I've been far to busy.


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Jacob sighed, another customer. He remembered the girl, she had come in a few days earlier. Jacob noticed a saddle in her hand and saw that it had a tear in the seat with a little of hte cotton stuffing hanging out. Jacob was about to ask if she needed it fixed when, almost as if she had red his mind, the girl asked him to. Jacob sighed, he would be here late but it was more money. "Yeah, just set it on that table," Jacob said pointing to the table in question. Jacob set the brush down, got a few patches of leather that looked as if they matched the saddle, some tan thread, and some cotton for stuffing.

Jacob carried the supplies over to the table while the girl said that she would also be taking her horse. "Okay, I trust you can get him by your lonesome?" Jacob asked sitting down. Jacob held the patched of leather up to the saddle, he had the perfect color. Jacob took out his pocket knife and cut the patch to the right size. "Uhh, he's down there," Jacob said pointing to the black stallion.
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Sai turned at looked at the man sharply.

"I can manage on my own. That's my job isn't it?" She watched as he began to repair her saddle. She looked at the man, tilting her head a little to the side. Sai had heard that he had once been a soldier. Her ears picked up a lot.

"You used to be a soldier, right?" She asked. He might be useful. She might meet another large band and no matter how skilled she was there might simple be too many. And if he didn't want to come, she might as well ask him for information. She licked her red lips. Could she work with another person? She had only ever occasionally taken others on her journeys since Nyre and Hvord. She shivered slightly, but still no sadness came. It hadn't in a long time. She stepped forward a fraction.

"Is this your only job?" She motioned around to the stable. She wondered if this was really who the man was, just a stable boy. She suspected not just by the way he held himself, she had seen many people like him.
-To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

-I don't have time every morning to put on make-up, I need that time to clean my rifle.

-I've always wanted to cultivate modesty, but I've been far to busy.


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Jacob didn't notice when Sai looked at sharply as he was concentrating hard on his work. "Sorry," Jacob apologized now knowing that the girl didn't like being treated like a baby. It was understandable, but then again Jacob was just being polite. Once the leather was cut, Jacob laid his knife on the table and took out the stuffing. Shoving the orginal stuffing back in, Jacob also added three handfuls.

The girl spoke to Jacob once more as he placed the strip of leather on the tear and began to sew it on. Was I once a soldier? Should I answer her or not? Jacob shrugged it off as the girl asked another question. "Yes, I was once an Imperial officer and for now, yes, this is my only job." Jacob paused his work for a moment to listen for a gasp at his admission of being an ex-Imperial soldier. Not hearing one, Jacob carrried on with his work. "Why do you want to know?"
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Sai studied him for a second.

"Well, last time I went on a long journey I met a band of-how should I phrase this- rather aggressive soldiers. I came out all right, but as you can see, my saddle did." she thought for a moment. "I was wondering if you would agree to accompany me, or if you don't want to, if you could at least tell me a little about how the soldiers operate and are trains so that it will be easier to avoid them." She studied the man. Would he come? Most people she could have asked would have politely declined because no one really knew anything about her and that made people scared of her (along with her expertise in hand to hand combat). But she thought this man might be different.

She looked back at her horse and sighed slightly. This was going to be an interesting trip.
-To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

-I don't have time every morning to put on make-up, I need that time to clean my rifle.

-I've always wanted to cultivate modesty, but I've been far to busy.


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Jacob listened to the girl's story and then her question. Jacob yawned, it was late and the girl, the way Jacob took it, planned on leaving soon. There was really noting in it for Jacob so why should he go? Chivalry. For the first time in his life Jacob wished, if just for a short time, he had never taken his oath. However, this feeling was extremely short lived and Jacob decided to go.

"I'll need you to answer some questions first," Jacob said pushing the cotton back into the saddle through the small hole. Jacob pulled the needle and thread out of the leather one last time and tied two knots at the end. "Varden or Empire? What are your real given and family names? Where are you going and why?" Jacob asked as he cut the sewn thread of from the spool with his knife.
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Sai smiled, he was coming.

"My name is Sai, as far as I know I don't have any family and I'm for the Varden." These thing she didn't mind telling him. When she occasionally told the truth it got lost in all the lies that she told to other people. What should she say for the next question? cold she trust him not to tell anyone?

"Can I trust you? Because what I could tell you would be top secret. I'm undercover most of the time." She raised one eye brow as she questioned him.
-To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

-I don't have time every morning to put on make-up, I need that time to clean my rifle.

-I've always wanted to cultivate modesty, but I've been far to busy.


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Jacob held the saddle up to the light admiring his work as the girl answered his questions. Now, Jacob noticed that some of the silver painted buckles on the saddle were rusted horribly and the others were getting there. As Jacob took the thread and left over leather he thought, Sai? Weird name. Well Sai, you should take care of your saddle. Jacob grabbed several silver buckles and headed back over to the table as the girl asked him if she could trust him.

"I guess you have to if you want me to go." Jacob began to take the old buckles off and replacing them. Jacob looked over at the girl for a reply and saw that she had one of her eyebrows raised, Jacob smiled and raised his as if to say, "well?"
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((Sorry, the spell check on my computer is broken))

Sai turned her back on the man, her hair swishing. Her back hid her slight smile at the mans response.

"Fine. We will be on our way to Uru'baen. A merchant there is causeing trouble an the Varden wanted a spy and since I'm avalible and ready I'm going. It's going to be a long journy, but all the more chances for me to be attacked." She told him, then turned, not wanting to be thought to be lieing. "That's where we're going." She opened the stall door of her horse and stepped inside.

"So, are you coming?"
-To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

-I don't have time every morning to put on make-up, I need that time to clean my rifle.

-I've always wanted to cultivate modesty, but I've been far to busy.


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"You realize I'm wanted?" Jacob asked the girl as he replaced the last of the buckles. Jacob didn't figure that it would matter much to the girl, but all the same, she had a right to know. Jacob turned around to look at the girl who just nodded. "Alright, I'll go, but I'll need an hour." After replacing all of his tools Jacob walked over to the stall where his horse munched on the small amount of oats that Jacob had fed him. "I hope you can spare that time."
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((I'm going to be away for a couple days, if I can get on at odd moments I will try.))

Sai smiled. Of course she knew he was wanted. It didn't make a difference though, she was wanted as well but under a plethora of different names.

"An hour?" She whispered to herself thoughtfully. The truth was she could if it meant that she would get there safely. The man walked over to her horse as Sai sighed. It was inconvenient but she would manage.

"Ok. I'll meet you back here in an hour." She said and strode to the door. "And be on time." As she passed the table she dropped a few coins on to it. "For the saddle." She said and left the stable.

She walked briskly down the street of Aberon. It was a cool night, and the wind blew her brown tresses about her face. She would got rest for an hour, she would need it.
-To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

-I don't have time every morning to put on make-up, I need that time to clean my rifle.

-I've always wanted to cultivate modesty, but I've been far to busy.


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Jacob nodded as the girl left. "Thanks," Jacob said to the girl as he sat his saddle onto his brown stallion. "You could have just made away with that money, I'd forgotten you owed me." Jacob smiled at the girl as he slid the bridle onto the horse. Soon after Sai left, so did Jacob, heading for his house.

After packing a few things, telling his roomate that he was leaving, and switching out horses Jacob headed back to the stable. Jacob was a little early so he quickly closed down the stable and waited outside on his horse for Sai.
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((One of my hands is in a splint, just a heads up.))

Sai exited her house with the perfect amount of time to get to the stables. She was turning the corner precisely on the hour. Her mind was full of unanswerable questions: Was this the best thing for her? Should she trust this man? and the like.

She had a small pack slung over her pretty shoulder. She was leading her black horse, it's bridle clutched in a long fingered hand. Her bright green eyes darted up and down the street. Jacob was already there. That wasn't the only thing she checked for though. Sai's sharp eyes were also looking for eaves droppers and spies. Soon, her long legs had led her to the place where her new comrade (her hatted the word in her mind) stood.

"All right." She said, her voice was brisk. "Let's get going." She mounted her horse, her eyes met Jacobs for a moment then scanned the street again. Sai wheeled her horse around and nudged it into a quiet trot. The soft clop of hooves sounded loud and bold in the still night. Any normal person with Sai's job would have worried about this, but not Sai. Her face stayed the same unemotional mask.

She gestured for Jacob to fallow as she neared the end of the street. Then she led her horse through street after street, down dark alleys and large main roads. She didn't speak throughout this endeavor, Sai wasn't one for small talk. It would have seemed that they were going in circles until the two people burst out of the city walls.

Sai looked out onto a field of grass. There were a few hills in the distance and to there right you could just make out the peek of a mountain.

"It's a long hard ride from here." Sai stated, turning to look at Jacob. "Up for it?"
-To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

-I don't have time every morning to put on make-up, I need that time to clean my rifle.

-I've always wanted to cultivate modesty, but I've been far to busy.


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Jacob looked around for the girl, where was she? It was almost time to leave. The night was silent and Jacob's ears were pricked for any noise. Finally he heard the soft thump of a horse's hooves. Here we are," Jacob muttered to himself as he climbed up onto his horse. When Sai got close to him, she motioned for him to follow. Jacob spun his horse around in a circle and then walked him out to meet the girl.

The girl was silent all throughout the walk to the city walls. Jacob longed for the silence to be broken but figured the girl didn't want to talk. Finally Jacob's wish came when they exited through the city gates. "It's a long, hard ride from here." Sai stated, turning to look at Jacob. "Up for it?"

"I've done harder riding than this. I was a knight you know." Jacob looked at the moon, he had always been good at guessing the time and now it looked like ten o'clock. "So how did you get involved with the Varden?"
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